Total Crime Rate

63.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 63.1 6/10
  • Violent crimes 34.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Romilly Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 493rd lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Romilly Road (CF5 1AY) in the last 12 months was 63.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% lower than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romilly Road (CF5 1AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cwrt Y Bragdy (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Romilly Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romilly Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Greenfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Romilly Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bloom Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pen-Hill Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pen-Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cwrt Penhill —
Apr 2026Other theft Cowbridge Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Library Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A4119 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Romilly Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Y Bragdy Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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